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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9310230" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>Level +1(9)/Complexity 1 Skill Challenge (DCs 12/17)</p><p><strong>3/4 Successes</strong> (0 Hard DC available)/0<strong> Failures</strong>/1 Secondary Skill Available/0 Advantages available)</p><p><strong>Goal</strong>: <em>Stealthily infiltrate, surveil, exfiltrate the cult's hidden sanctuary of Lirr Manor to verify their hidden sanctuary in Easthill and the cult leader's identity (earning the final 1 Success in the macro-SC)</em>.</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><em>And there it is. <u>The ancient concert house</u>. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>In all of Harkenwold, that is a reference to only one such place. Tucked against a sixty foot granite face of The Briar Hills, nested under an amazing stone roof so that the acoustics create an otherworldly ambience, is an outdoor setting where players from the entirety of The Nentir Vale yearn to play their pieces. It is the humble hamlet of Easthill's only claim to fame. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Tomorrow night there is to be a grand "concert" in Easthill. The assembled players will be the cult acolytes and the abyssal notes the audience partakes from will be their undoing; rendering them host for a demonic wretch. A swarm of Dretches to hunt down Osian no doubt, for the final piece which will give his body to The Befouler. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>That means the conductor would have to be The Rakshasa; leader of this dark cult.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>As the unholy inscriptions are performed, a member bristles at the temperature of the room and quickly gets chided for always being cold. "Perhaps you should be the host for The Befouler" illicits a collective, dark chuckle around the room. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The sound of bound kindling being gathered from a bushel. Footsteps toward the fireplace mean only one thing...</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p>What to do here? </p><p></p><p>1) Pleased with the results of your Op, do you quickly scurry up the stack and out of the manor before the fire is lit? <strong><em>MEDIUM DC</em></strong></p><p></p><p>2) Do you lie in wait for the cultist prey, slaying them from your position as they lay the kindling to start the fire, therefore giving yourself time to easily scramble up? (Secondary Skill Stealth vs Low DC, then you'd need to make a successful MBA w/ Combat Advantage vs Medium AC for level 6 which is 20...if that fails, we're in combat...if they succeed...you can easily take your time and scramble back up the chimney stack).</p><p></p><p>3) What about that book? What about the inscription written in blood to ward the cultists from the demonic enspelling of the orchestral arrangement? If you could somehow sneak over to them both and egress, you could (a) have the Truename of the Rakshasa and gain an Encounter Power against it for the battle to come and (b) perhaps you could adjure the inscription, reversing the enspelling with the radiant, purging light of Avandra, harming the cultist players rather than the audience? Pilfering these would be a level +2 SC to pull off, would resolve this nested challenge with another nested challenge (which would then resolve the macro challenge!).</p><p></p><p>4) What about these cultists themselves? 7 members (6 + the lyre player)? Can Valak stand to see them live and fortify the forces in Eastill? If you slay them here, we'll throttle back the Easthill combat by 1 Standard worth of encounter budget. But you're talking about a Level + 2.3 Encounter Budget for Valak by himself:</p><p></p><p>Level 6 Standard (250 xp)</p><p>Level 6 Standard Hazard for the Lyre Player (250 xp)</p><p>Level 5 Minion (63 x 5 = 315 xp) </p><p>= 815 xp</p><p></p><p>You could (i) attempt to slay the Minion coming to start the fire (as above). If successful, you could then (ii) attempt to Minionize the Standard. Although there is Cover in the way of furniture to skulk across, they're across the room with several eyes between them. That would be vs the level 6 Hard DC for Stealth (23) and then the same Hard AC (22) for MBA w/ Combat Advantage. Failing either of those would put you in a spot. We'd go straight to combat with undesirable positioning (my choice!) and you'd have -2 defenses for the Round 1.</p><p></p><p>You could then get that book and inscription no problem! But quite a risk!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 9310230, member: 6696971"] Level +1(9)/Complexity 1 Skill Challenge (DCs 12/17) [B]3/4 Successes[/B] (0 Hard DC available)/0[B] Failures[/B]/1 Secondary Skill Available/0 Advantages available) [B]Goal[/B]: [I]Stealthily infiltrate, surveil, exfiltrate the cult's hidden sanctuary of Lirr Manor to verify their hidden sanctuary in Easthill and the cult leader's identity (earning the final 1 Success in the macro-SC)[/I]. [HR][/HR] [I]And there it is. [U]The ancient concert house[/U]. In all of Harkenwold, that is a reference to only one such place. Tucked against a sixty foot granite face of The Briar Hills, nested under an amazing stone roof so that the acoustics create an otherworldly ambience, is an outdoor setting where players from the entirety of The Nentir Vale yearn to play their pieces. It is the humble hamlet of Easthill's only claim to fame. Tomorrow night there is to be a grand "concert" in Easthill. The assembled players will be the cult acolytes and the abyssal notes the audience partakes from will be their undoing; rendering them host for a demonic wretch. A swarm of Dretches to hunt down Osian no doubt, for the final piece which will give his body to The Befouler. That means the conductor would have to be The Rakshasa; leader of this dark cult. As the unholy inscriptions are performed, a member bristles at the temperature of the room and quickly gets chided for always being cold. "Perhaps you should be the host for The Befouler" illicits a collective, dark chuckle around the room. The sound of bound kindling being gathered from a bushel. Footsteps toward the fireplace mean only one thing...[/I] [HR][/HR] What to do here? 1) Pleased with the results of your Op, do you quickly scurry up the stack and out of the manor before the fire is lit? [B][I]MEDIUM DC[/I][/B] 2) Do you lie in wait for the cultist prey, slaying them from your position as they lay the kindling to start the fire, therefore giving yourself time to easily scramble up? (Secondary Skill Stealth vs Low DC, then you'd need to make a successful MBA w/ Combat Advantage vs Medium AC for level 6 which is 20...if that fails, we're in combat...if they succeed...you can easily take your time and scramble back up the chimney stack). 3) What about that book? What about the inscription written in blood to ward the cultists from the demonic enspelling of the orchestral arrangement? If you could somehow sneak over to them both and egress, you could (a) have the Truename of the Rakshasa and gain an Encounter Power against it for the battle to come and (b) perhaps you could adjure the inscription, reversing the enspelling with the radiant, purging light of Avandra, harming the cultist players rather than the audience? Pilfering these would be a level +2 SC to pull off, would resolve this nested challenge with another nested challenge (which would then resolve the macro challenge!). 4) What about these cultists themselves? 7 members (6 + the lyre player)? Can Valak stand to see them live and fortify the forces in Eastill? If you slay them here, we'll throttle back the Easthill combat by 1 Standard worth of encounter budget. But you're talking about a Level + 2.3 Encounter Budget for Valak by himself: Level 6 Standard (250 xp) Level 6 Standard Hazard for the Lyre Player (250 xp) Level 5 Minion (63 x 5 = 315 xp) = 815 xp You could (i) attempt to slay the Minion coming to start the fire (as above). If successful, you could then (ii) attempt to Minionize the Standard. Although there is Cover in the way of furniture to skulk across, they're across the room with several eyes between them. That would be vs the level 6 Hard DC for Stealth (23) and then the same Hard AC (22) for MBA w/ Combat Advantage. Failing either of those would put you in a spot. We'd go straight to combat with undesirable positioning (my choice!) and you'd have -2 defenses for the Round 1. You could then get that book and inscription no problem! But quite a risk! [/QUOTE]
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